COACHES, CONSULTANTS, FOUNDERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND EXPERTS:
YOU KNOW A BOOK IS THE ONE WAY TO BUILD AUTHORITY. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
GIVE ME 60 MINUTES AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR ENTIRE BOOK OUTLINED, CHAPTER BY CHAPTER.
For just $27.
500+ Customers
What a book actually does for your business
This isn't about a line in your bio that says "published author." It's about having a well-positioned book that does three things no amount of hustle can.
It brings the right clients to you. The right person reads it, trusts you by the last page, and comes to you already sold. You stop chasing.
It pre-sells before the call. A prospect who has read your book already knows how you think. They don't get on the call to be convinced. They get on to find out if you have room. The calls get shorter. You state your rate instead of defending it.
It opens doors beyond your business. Event organizers, podcast hosts, and reporters need a reason to pay attention to you, not just your company. A book is that reason.
One asset. Built once. Working for years.
So why isn't it written yet?
It's not that you don't have the ideas. You have more to say than most published authors.
That's part of the problem. Years of notes, decks, client stories, and frameworks. Every time you try to organize them, the pile gets bigger instead of clearer.
And it's not discipline. You run a whole business. You don't lack follow-through.
Here's what actually happens.
You sit down to write, and instead of writing, you make decisions.
What does chapter one cover?
Where does the book start?
Is this a how-to book or a thought-leadership book?
You can't answer those on the fly while you're trying to write. So you stall, close the document, and tell yourself "someday."
That's not a writing problem. That's an architecture problem.
And architecture is fixable in about an hour.
Everything you've been told about writing a book is wrong
"Writing a book takes years."
Only without a plan. The years aren't spent writing. They're spent staring at a blank document trying to figure out what comes next.
"I need to be a great writer."
You need to be a clear thinker, and you already are. The writing follows the thinking. You've been doing the thinking for years.
"Self-published books aren't taken seriously."
Alex Hormozi. Russell Brunson. Donald Miller. All self-published. All using their books as the main credibility asset in their businesses.
"Nobody will read it."
A book that builds your business doesn't need a million readers. It needs the right ones. When I published my first book, I did almost no marketing.
Within 30 days, people who'd read a chapter or the whole thing were booking calls and opening with, "How much does it cost to work with you, and when can we start?"
Who am I, anyway?
I went to college to become a writer. I studied English, and then did what most English majors do: I found something that actually paid. That was marketing. Soon I had my own firm, helping founders and experts attract clients.
Then books kept showing up. Almost every client wanted to write one. Since 2018 I've worked on dozens of book projects in almost every role: planning, coaching people through the draft, editing, building the marketing, handling the publishing.
When I sat down to write my own book, Client Attractor, I stalled like everyone else. Same blank page. Same rewritten introduction.
So I stopped trying to write. I made every decision the book needed, in order, in one sitting: the reader, the central argument, the chapter map, the title. Then I wrote it. It brought me clients within 30 days of publishing.
That framework became the One-Hour Book Blueprint. I've since added an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, which is why I care as much about what your book does for your business as about the book itself.
Here's what I learned: You don't have to be a good writer to write a book. You have to be a clear thinker with a plan.
"Within one month, I got more leads than I did in the previous two years combined. We had a record month, and my conversion rate is incredibly high, probably in the 70 to 80% range."
"For the first time as an entrepreneur, I have a waiting list for clients."
"Jacob cuts through the BS and gives you only what you need to get real results."
Here's exactly what you'll build in the next 60 minutes
Every finished book was outlined first. It had a defined reader, one central argument, and a chapter map that answers the question every author faces at the start of every session: what do I write next?
The Blueprint walks you through every decision that has to be made before you write a word.
Step 1: Define who your book is for (10 min)
Who it's for, what it will do for them, and why you're the right person to write it. Most authors skip this. It's why most books don't get finished.
Deliverable: A Reader + Promise Statement. The north star for the whole book.
Step 2: Dial in your book's big idea (10 min)
Every great book has one central argument that every chapter serves. This step pulls out your most differentiated idea and turns it into a premise sharp enough to build a reputation around.
Deliverable: A one-sentence book premise. The spine everything attaches to.
Step 3: Outline your book, chapter by chapter (20 min)
Pick your book type (How-To, Thought Leadership, or Story-Driven) and apply the matching template. Each has 8–10 chapter slots with fill-in prompts.
Deliverable: A complete 8–10 chapter outline with a working title and description for each chapter.
Step 4: Pick a title that makes people stop scrolling (10 min)
A three-part title formula, five fill-in templates, and a four-question test to choose between your options.
Deliverable: Three working title options, plus a formula for generating more.
Step 5: Put it all on one page (10 min)
Reader, premise, chapter map, and title, consolidated into a single page you can start writing from today.
Deliverable: Your completed One-Page Book Blueprint.
What's Inside
Everything you need to go from idea → fully outlined book in 60 minutes.
THE ONE-HOUR BOOK BLUEPRINT GUIDE
The complete five-step system, with clear instructions, fill-in prompts, and the specific deliverable for each phase.
Real-World Value: $97
THE CHAPTER TEMPLATE PACK
Three fill-in-the-blank outlines for the How-To, Thought Leadership, and Story-Driven book.
Real-World Value: $47
THE SCROLL-STOPPING TITLE FORMULA
Five templates and a four-question framework for a title that signals the right audience and stands out in your Amazon category.
Real-World Value: $27
THE ONE-PAGE BOOK BLUEPRINT
The completed single-page outline you walk away with. Reader defined. Premise locked. Chapters mapped. Title written.
Real-World Value: $37
BITE-SIZED VIDEO LESSONS
Short walkthroughs for every phase. Watch me work each step before you do it.
Real-World Value: $97
Total value: $305. Yours today for $27.
What Buyers Are Saying
Within a couple months of publishing, I had prospects booking calls already sold. I stopped explaining why I was worth it and started talking about when we'd begin.
- Monica K.
I've been 'thinking about writing a book' for at least two years. In 60 minutes, I had a full outline that actually made sense — chapters, flow, everything. It removed the mental friction instantly. I started writing the next day.
- Mark S.
I've paid for expensive writing programs that left me more confused than when I started. This did the opposite. One hour, clear structure, real progress. One of the highest-ROI purchases I've made.
- Tom C.
Who this is for
This is for you if...
You're an established coach or consultant who is winning on skill but still re-proving yourself for every client.
You're a founder whose business is known, but whose ideas aren't yet.
You're drowning in material, not short on ideas.
You've started and stopped more than once, and you're tired of the pattern.
You want a book that does something for your business, and you want to write it yourself, in your own voice.
This is NOT for you if...
You want someone to write it for you. The Blueprint gives you the plan. You write the book.
You're writing a novel. It's built for nonfiction.
You have no expertise yet and you're looking for a topic. This helps you choose among the books you already have in you. It can't hand you one.
You want a twelve-module course that'll take months to finish. The point is completing this in one focused sitting.
Here's what $27 gets you, and what it doesn't
It gets you the plan. A defined reader, a locked premise, a full chapter map, and a working title, all on one page. That's further than almost everyone who says "I'm going to write a book" ever gets.
It doesn't write the book. An outline can't notice when you've gone quiet in the messy middle. Only a person can do that.
If you want that person, there's a way to work with me directly, and you'll hear about it after you buy. There's no pitch hidden in the lessons. The Blueprint stands on its own.
One last thing...
Books don't build authority because they're impressive. They build authority because ideas create trust.
When people read your thinking, something shifts. You're no longer someone they've heard of. You're someone they've learned from.
Trust turns strangers into readers. Readers into clients. Expertise into authority.
A book isn't about becoming famous. It's about being believed, and being believed is what fills your calendar.
The outline is one hour away.
FAQs
Is this for someone who has never written a book before?
Yes. It was built for experts who have real knowledge and no idea how to structure it. You don't need writing experience. You need a plan, and that's what this is.
Will the book actually sound like me?
It's built from your expertise, not a template's. Step 1 starts with why you're the right person to write it. Step 2 pulls out the idea only you could argue. Then you write it in your own voice.
Why not just hire a ghostwriter or use AI?
Either way, someone has to decide what the book is about first. The One-Page Blueprint is a plan you can write from yourself, hand to a collaborator, or use to keep an AI draft on your argument instead of a generic one.
I've tried outlining before. Why would this work?
Most outlines fail because they start with chapters before the foundation exists. The Blueprint starts with your reader and your central argument. By the time you reach the chapter map, the structure has somewhere to go.
How long does it actually take?
One focused hour. Most people finish in 45–75 minutes. You can split it across two sittings, but the momentum is real when you do it in one.
What format is it?
A digital PDF guide and fillable workbook, plus short video lessons for every step. You get access by email right after purchase.
What kind of book is this for?
Nonfiction. It includes templates for how-to, thought leadership, and story-driven books. It works great for memoir, but it isn't designed for fiction.
Is there something after this?
Yes, for people who want a person alongside them while they write. You'll hear about it after you buy. It's optional, and the Blueprint is complete on its own.
Hey! I'm Jacob
I'm Jacob — a writer, strategist, and the creator of the One-Hour Book Blueprint
I've spent years in the world of words and business — working with coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs to help them take the expertise living in their heads and turn it into something the world can actually see and benefit from. I wrote my first book, Client Attractor, went through every stage of the process myself, and built this system out of what I learned along the way — including all the parts that were harder than they needed to be.
I also hold a B.A. in English from Warren Wilson College and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. So I bring both the writing side and the business side to this work — which means I care just as much about what the book does for your business as I do about the quality of the book itself.
I created the Blueprint because I kept watching brilliant people put off writing the book they were clearly ready to write. Not because they lacked the ideas. Because they didn't have a system.
Now you do.
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